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Midland Fowler class 4F 0-6-0 - 4389347 viewsAllocated to Hellifield shed and in its last year before withdrawal - Deeley Midlands Rebuild - 0-6-0 - 43585 shunting at the north of the station.
Seems to have spent all of its working life allocated to Hellifield - nearly 63 years
G Robinson
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LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Jubilee - 45706 "Express" 46 viewsNewton Heath engine - LMS Stanier 4-6-0 Jubilee - 45706 "Express" entering Hellifield station from the north on a ballast train'
G Robinson
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Steam locomotive, number 1217, Great Eastern Railway46 viewsHellifield Shed in the 1960`s when closed for traffic, was used to store a few engines for the then new National Railway Museum in York. My father managed to get a look around this store and managed to get a few photgraphs.
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Gresley A3 4-6-2 - 4472 "Flying Scotsman"45 views15/05/1965 - 4472 "Flying Scotsman" leaving Hellifield for Carlisle on 1X51 - a special for the Gainsborough Model railway Society from Lincoln to Carlisle and onto Dumfries and return.
G Robinson
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BR Class Patriot 4-6-0 - 45517 45 views1962 - BR British Railways Steam Locomotive Class Patriot 45517 (Unnamed) having a spin on the turntable at Hellifield having just arrived from Liverpool
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LMS Stanier Jubilee 4 -6-0 - 45633 "Aden"45 viewsLMS Stanier Jubilee 4 -6-0 - 45633 "Aden" waiting to head North at Hellifield
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BR Britannia class pacific 4-6-2- 70022 "Tornado" 45 viewsThe original one - BR Britannia class pacific 4-6-2- 70022 "Tornado" pausing at Hellifield on a freight heading north to Carlisle.
G Robinson.
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LNWR Steam Locomotive 1439 0-4-0ST45 viewsHellifield Shed in the 1960`s when closed for traffic, was used to store a few engines for the then new National Railway Museum in York. My father managed to get a look around this store and managed to get a few photgraphs.
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LMS Hughes Crab 2-6-0 - 42895 44 views1962 - Lancaster Green Ayre engine LMS Hughes Crab 2-6-0 - 42895 arriving at Hellifield this time with a long mixed freight.
I like the sight of the signal mans bike lent against the post,
G Robinson.
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LMS Fowler 2P 4-4-0 - 40685 44 views08/09/1962 - LMS Fowler 2P 4-4-0 - 40685 dumped at the far end of the north siding at Hellifield for quite a few months . I spent many a hour pretending driving this engine over the S & C.
Me and my brother can be seen hanging out of the cab on one picture.
G Robinson,
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LMS Fowler 2P 4-4-0 - 4068544 views08/09/1962 - LMS Fowler 2P 4-4-0 - 40685 dumped at the far end of the north siding at Hellifield for quite a few months . I spent many a hour pretending driving this engine over the S & C.
Me and my brother can be seen hanging out of the cab on one picture.
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LMS Hughes 2-6-0 Crab - 4271843 viewsLMS Hughes 2-6-0 Crab - 42718 outside Hellifield sheds.
G Robinson
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LMS Stanier Jubilee 45697 "Achilles"43 viewsJubilee 45697 "Achilles" on shed at Hellifield
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LMS Stanier Black 5 - 4533043 viewsLMS Stanier Black 5 - 45330, complete with snow plough runs through Hellifield Station heading north on a freight past the North signal Box (now gone), Looks like a WD in the shed line on the left and engines in steam on the down goods loops and sidings. The coaling tower can just be seen in the centre at the back.
G Robinson.
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43 viewsJuly 1962 Carlisle Upperby engine (about to be reallocated to Bank Hall) - Jubilee - 45715 "Invincible" at Hellifield on a Leeds to Morecambe service.
G Robinson
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LNWR Steam Locomotive 1439 0-4-0ST43 viewsHellifield Shed in the 1960`s when closed for traffic, was used to store a few engines for the then new National Railway Museum in York. My father managed to get a look around this store and managed to get a few photgraphs.
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